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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: John Swearingen on January 12, 2007, 11:43:54 am
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I'll be shooting in Tibet, away from access to electricity, for about eight days at a stretch. I'm trying to figure out how many batteries I should carry to cover my shooting for those days.
How quickly does the Canon 5D drain the battery while shooting? What about backing up? It seems that "battery/shot" would need to include battery usage in downloading from the flash each day.
Thanks!
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I'll be shooting in Tibet, away from access to electricity, for about eight days at a stretch. I'm trying to figure out how many batteries I should carry to cover my shooting for those days.
How quickly does the Canon 5D drain the battery while shooting? What about backing up? It seems that "battery/shot" would need to include battery usage in downloading from the flash each day.
Thanks!
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Sounds like quite a trip, John.
To your question, there's really no hard answer. The 5D's 7.2v battery is not nearly as robust as the 1-bodies' 12v batteries, but it's also much lighter. Its longevity depends on factors such as temperature (colder = shorter life) and operational drains (ex: image stabilizer usage, use of the camera's lcd). As a policy I always have a spare battery handy when shooting with the 5D. Being in a remote location I'd suggest a bandalero of batteries.
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I've gotten nearly 500 frames on a single charge, but this was relatively quick shooting with virtually no chimping. Shooting as I normally do with occasional histo checks and image reviews, it is more like 250 - 300 range, but YMMV...
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I'll be shooting in Tibet, away from access to electricity, for about eight days at a stretch. I'm trying to figure out how many batteries I should carry to cover my shooting for those days.
How quickly does the Canon 5D drain the battery while shooting? What about backing up? It seems that "battery/shot" would need to include battery usage in downloading from the flash each day.
Thanks!
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Shooting in the balmy tropics, I average about 400 frames per charge on my 5D. I rarely chimp as the LCD is too dim too see in Hawaii's sunlight.
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Shooting in the balmy tropics, I average about 400 frames per charge on my 5D. I rarely chimp as the LCD is too dim too see in Hawaii's sunlight.
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Just for my information, what's the precise definition (and origin, if known) of "chimp"?
Jeremy
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Just for my information, what's the precise definition (and origin, if known) of "chimp"?
Jeremy
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Jeremy,
The urban dictionary has several definitions, of which here are the first two...
1. Chimp
see Dubya
The chimp tried to answer journalists questions today... what a laugh
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To review an image on the LCD screen of a digital camera after taking a photograph. In common usage among press photographers. The act was dubbed chimping after photographers were caught making monkey-like noises when they reviewed a good shot in their cameras.
1. The photographer chimped his double-play shots from the first base photo position.
2. The photographer was caught chimping on the sideline after a play and missed the interception shot.
John
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Why we're talking batteries, has anyone used the non-OEM batteries, like the ones on ebay. They cost about a 1/3 of what Canon asks for there batteries.
maddog